Romantic in Cape Town

In Cape Town the easiest way to build a romantic evening is around the sunset — the city sits between the ocean and the mountains, and both sides work the view. The trike ride up Signal Hill takes two and a half hours and costs 127 dollars; the road along Chapman's Peak, cut into the cliff above the water, three hours and 159 dollars. A driver is at the controls and passengers ride in the open.

Daytime scripts are built around wine. Half a day in Stellenbosch costs 106 dollars, a full day in Franschhoek or Paarl 120 each: two or three estates, tastings, and mountain passes along the way. An eight-hour trike loop of the Cape Peninsula runs 286 dollars and gathers the cape, the beaches and the viewpoints into one route.

There are one-off formats as well. A private castle in Hout Bay is let out whole for a full day, a horseback safari for two lasts seven and a half hours at 310 dollars, and an hour with a professional photographer at the city's viewpoints costs 414 dollars. GetExperience lists 9 romantic programmes in Cape Town, from 106 dollars; almost all are private, with no other travellers. Dates are picked in the calendar.